Friday, June 13, 2014

Writing and speaking about different topics!

Hi all!  

Hope you are doing well! Welcome to our seventh activity. Please, post your comments before June 19th, 6 pm.!


1. Look for a web or printed article related to science, technology, education, sports, etc. It must have 2 pages at least. You must present it in printed version for your oral report.


2. Summarize and rewrite a version of the article with your own words, using CONTINUOUS AND FUTURE TENSES. Divide your report into coherent paragraphs. (250 words at least).

3. Include comments related to what you like the most or what you do not like, or other opinions you can have about it.

4. Prepare an oral report about it to be presented in the tutorial sessions (from June 18th to 27th), you just will have 2 1/2 minutes, it is expected you to say 50 sentences at least.


4. Language use / writing aspects:

- Continuous and future sentence structure.
- Useful vocabulary you need to express your ideas, "taken from the same article".
- Grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.


All your writings will be welcome as comments... Thanks for participating!

Monday, June 02, 2014

My favorite English song!

Hi all!  

Hope you are doing well! Welcome to our fourth activity. Please, post your comments before June  4th, 2 p.m.!


1. Think
 about your favorite English song.

2. Make a brainstorming, considering the following statements:

- Information about the singer or group.
- Song lyrics description / message.
- What you like the most.
- What it makes you feel like.
- Some reasons you would like to recommend it.

3. Write a paragraph for each one of the parts mentioned above, giving your own ideas to tell your version of the story. It must have 250 words at least.

4. Prepare an oral presentation about it to be presented to your classmates (June 9th), you will have 5 minutes, be creative!.

4. Language use / writing aspects:

- Simple sentence structures in the tenses you decide.
- Useful vocabulary you need to express your ideas.
- Grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.


All your writings will be welcome as comments... Thanks for participating!